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BROOKS v. GEORGE COUNTY, MISS.

No. 94-60619.

77 F.3d 834 (1996)

Robert W. BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross Appellant, v. GEORGE COUNTY, MS, et al., Defendants, George County, MS, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross Appellees, Wilbur Ward and Earl Koskela, Defendants-Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Fairly, Walter D. Willson, Wells, Marble & Hurst, Jackson, MS, Gerald A. Dickerson, Lucedale, MS, for appellants.

Geoffrey C. Morgan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for Koskela & Ward.

David A. Roberts, Pascagoula, MS, David C. Frazier, Gordon, Myers, Frazier & Roberts, Pascagoula, MS, Roy W. Pike, Pascagoula, MS, for Brooks.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JOLLY and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Background

Robert W. Brooks successfully brought claims under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution for his continued incarceration in a county jail eight months after the charges against him had been dropped. Eugene Howell, Sheriff of George County, Mississippi ("Sheriff Howell" or "the Sheriff"), arrested Robert W. Brooks ("Brooks") in Virginia, where Brooks, who was out on bond, had...

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